As insiders constitute a hefty slice of AB Dynamics’ (ABDP) share register, news that the chief executive has hived off shares to the value of £294,760 would normally raise a few eyebrows. But it’s all change at the automotive testing specialist. Among a raft of changes announced in August, Tim Rogers announced his decision to step down from the top job at the end of 2017, after five years at the helm.
What he decides to do with his hefty residual holding is anyone’s guess. But the group has delivered an annualised total rate of return of 51.8 per cent during his tenure, so it’s doubtful that shareholders will resent a little profit-taking as he contemplates a future beyond AB Dynamics.
Buys | |||||||
Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
Artemis Alpha Trust | Blathnaid Bergin | 10 Oct 17 | 4,970 | 299.75 | 14,898 | 4,970 | 0.012 |
Blur* | David Rowe | 11 Oct 17 | 2,500,000 | 4 | 100,000 | 11,251,428 | 6.353 |
Blur* | Richard Rae | 11 Oct 17 | 1,000,000 | 4 | 40,000 | 5,285,714 | 2.985 |
Blur* | Preeti Mardia | 11 Oct 17 | 500,000 | 4 | 20,000 | 1,357,142 | 0.766 |
Blur* | Rrichard Croft | 11 Oct 17 | 500,000 | 4 | 20,000 | 1,928,571 | 1.089 |
Capita | Gillian Sheldon | 10 Oct 17 | 2,000 | 574 | 11,480 | 3,000 | 0.000 |
Capita | Ian Powell (ch) | 10 Oct 17 | 3,400 | 580 | 19,720 | 8,400 | 0.001 |
Capita♥ | Matthew Lester | 11 Oct 17 | 8,698 | 569.7397 | 49,556 | 8,698 | 0.001 |
Capita | Nick Greatorex (ceo&fd) | 10 Oct 17 | 1,800 | 584.35 | 10,518 | 18,968 | 0.003 |
Centrica | Iain Conn (ceo) | 09 Oct 17 | 100,000 | 173.1 | 173,100 | 522,710 | 0.009 |
Centrica | Rick Haythornthwaite (ch) | 09 Oct 17 | 57,077 | 175 | 99,885 | 92,767 | 0.002 |
Cora Gold♥ | Geoff McNamara (ch) | 10 Oct 17 | 200,000 | 16 | 32,000 | 624,242 | 1.135 |
Cora Gold♥ | Geoff McNamara (ch) | 11 Oct 17 | 200,000 | 15.5 | 31,000 | 824,242 | 1.499 |
Countryside Properties | David Howell (ch) | 09 Oct 17 | 30,000 | 349.1 | 104,730 | 47,000 | 0.010 |
EasyHotel♥ | Jonathan Lane (ch) | 10 Oct 17 | 105,000 | 93.5 | 98,175 | 353,000 | 0.351 |
Everyman Media* | Charles Dorfman | 06 Oct 17 | 278,992 | 170 | 474,286 | 5,784,033 | 8.272 |
Everyman Media*♥ | Charles Dorfman | 06 Oct 17 | 378,689 | 170 | 643,771 | 6,162,722 | 8.813 |
Everyman Media*♥ | Michael Rosehill | 06 Oct 17 | 2,012,946 | 170 | 3,422,008 | 2,201,356 | 3.148 |
Everyman Media*♥ | Adam Kaye | 06 Oct 17 | 147,059 | 170 | 250,000 | 6,068,633 | 8.679 |
Everyman Media*♥ | Adam Kaye | 06 Oct 17 | 147,059 | 170 | 250,000 | 6,215,692 | 8.889 |
Everyman Media*♥ | Adam Kaye | 06 Oct 17 | 147,059 | 170 | 250,000 | 6,362,751 | 9.099 |
Everyman Media* | Adam Kaye | 06 Oct 17 | 235,294 | 170 | 400,000 | 5,921,574 | 8.468 |
Everyman Media* | Philip Jacobson | 06 Oct 17 | 7,776 | 170 | 13,219 | 73,776 | 0.106 |
Globalworth Real Estate Investments | Eli Alroy | 05 Oct 17 | 40,000 | 750 | 300,000 | 438,814 | 0.485 |
Globalworth Real Estate Investments♥ | Peter Fechter | 09 Oct 17 | 50,000 | 750 | 375,000 | 50,000 | 0.055 |
Hill & Smith | A Giddins | 06 Oct 17 | 4,500 | 1,253.50 | 56,408 | 4,500 | 0.006 |
Medaphor* | David Baynes | 06 Oct 17 | 5,055,320 | 16.22 | 819,973 | 21,055,320 | 23.214 |
Medaphor* | David Baynes | 06 Oct 17 | 16,000,000 | 12.5 | 2,000,000 | 16,000,000 | 17.640 |
Mondi | Peter Oswald (ceo) | 11 Oct 17 | 828 | 1926 | 15,947 | 163,456 | 0.034 |
Mondi | Peter Oswald (ceo) | 11 Oct 17 | 1,172 | 1925 | 22,561 | 164,628 | 0.034 |
Mondi | Peter Oswald (ceo) | 11 Oct 17 | 3,000 | 1948 | 58,440 | 167,628 | 0.035 |
NB Private Equity Partners♥ | Trudi Clark | 10 Oct 17 | 4,433 | 1,015.05 | 44,997 | 4,433 | 0.009 |
Onesavings Bank | David Weymouth (ch) | 09 Oct 17 | 13,178 | 379 | 49,945 | 13,178 | 0.005 |
Palace Capital* | Anthony Dove | 09 Oct 17 | 5,000 | 340 | 17,000 | 85,000 | 0.185 |
Palace Capital* | Kim Taylor-Smith | 09 Oct 17 | 10,000 | 340 | 34,000 | 10,000 | 0.022 |
Palace Capital* | Neil Sinclair | 09 Oct 17 | 8,824 | 340 | 30,002 | 232,402 | 0.920 |
Palace Capital* | Richard Starr | 09 Oct 17 | 29,411 | 340 | 99,997 | 131,575 | 0.287 |
Tesco | John Allan (ch) | 05 Oct 17 | 20,000 | 187.26 | 37,452 | 284,349 | 0.003 |
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Company | Director | Date | No of shares | Price (p) | Value (£) | Holding (shares) | Holding (%) |
AB Dynamics♥ | Rob Hart (fd) | 10 Oct 17 | 1,975 | 587.5 | 11,603 | 15,372 | 0.080 |
AB Dynamics♥ | Tim Rogers (ceo) | 10 Oct 17 | 8,000 | 587 | 46,960 | 342,953 | 1.787 |
AB Dynamics | Tim Rogers (ceo) | 10 Oct 17 | 42,000 | 590 | 247,800 | 350,953 | 1.828 |
Berkeley | Alison Nimmo | 10 Oct 17 | 2,000 | 3,775.00 | 75,500 | 2,000 | 0.001 |
City of London Investment Group | Barry Olliff (ceo) | 10 Oct 17 | 75,000 | 425 | 318,750 | 2,200,186 | 8.174 |
City of London Investment Group | Barry Olliff (ceo) | 11 Oct 17 | 50,000 | 425 | 212,500 | 2,150,186 | 7.988 |
Derwent London | S Silver | 10 Oct 17 | 35,000 | 2,738.86 | 958,601 | 174,804 | 0.157 |
Gamma Communications | Andrew Stone | 06 Oct 17 | 22,500 | 580 | 130,500 | 523,000 | 0.561 |
Greggs | Richard Hutton (fd) | 05 Oct 17 | 24,949 | 1,292 | 322,341 | 29,674 | 0.029 |
Judges Scientific* | David Cicurel (ceo) | 09 Oct 17 | 157,727 | 1,900 | 2,996,813 | 759,227 | 12.402 |
Premier Energy and Water Trust | Ian Graham | 09 Oct 17 | 20,000 | 160 | 32,000 | 2,032 | 0.011 |
Robert Walters | Leslie Van de Walle (ch) | 11 Oct 17 | 15,000 | 591 | 88,650 | 30,587 | 0.041 |
Schroders | Michael Dobson (ch) | 10 Oct 17 | 213,389 | 3,458 | 7,378,992 | 235,379 | 0.104 |
Syncona♥ | Thomas Henderson | 11 Oct 17 | 3,000,000 | 185 | 5,550,000 | 8,742,400 | 1.325 |
Taptica International | Yaniv Carmi (cfo) | 05 Oct 17 | 200,000 | 445 | 890,000 | 94,572 | 0.153 |
* placing/tender/open offer ♥ spouse/connected party |